Brian Robinson

Brian Robinson is the Managing Director of the Yale Symphony Orchestra (YSO).53 He is also a composer and baritone.3

Robinson has a Bachelor of Music in Composition from New School University, and a background in Music from Ithaca College. He has been the Managing Director for over 20 years.1 He started working at Yale when he was 27 or 28 years old.1 In the real world outside of Yale, his job would be split up as the personnel manager, the production manager, the development person, and the marketing person.1

Before working at Yale, Robinson dropped out of college after his freshman year and worked at a video store.1 He also worked in New York City with small contemporary ensembles and orchestras.1 He started writing poetry and reading on the Lower East Side and eventually started hosting his own series.1

In 2007, Robinson was commissioned to write a full orchestra work for the Yale Symphony Orchestra.6 He hosts a poetry reading at the Volume Two: A Never Ending Books Collective, where Julia Bakes is on the board of and is one of the founding members.1

You can contact Brian Robinson at brian.s.robinson@yale.edu or +1 (203) 432-4140.24 His office is located at 165 Elm St, New Haven, CT 06511-9048.24